Smiley Face

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Giant Smiley Face Graphic and poetry that relates to smiling.

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A SMILE
It cost nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash and the memory of it lasts forever.
None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away!
If someone is to tired to give you a smile, leave one of yours.
For, nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.
-----Anonymous

SMILING
Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today
I started smiling too.

I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realized,
I'd passed it on to him.

I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth.
A single smile just like mine,
could travel round the earth.

So, if you feel a smile begin,
don't leave it undetected.
Let's start an epidemic quick,
and get the world infected!
--http://drgriffith.com/Smile%20Poem.html

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Diversity - Earth

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With a focus on tolerance and world peace, this was my digital painting portraying unity. A graphic I titled Paperdoll Diversity.

World Peace
Mystifying beauty
Captivating dreams
Never-ending rainbows
A world so full of dreams

These are misled thoughts
Our world is not like this
Hate has scoured our minds
Hate will cause our deaths

Looking to the future
Right now seem very bleak
War is now an issue
Peace is for the meek

Ignorance of man
To look beyond ones faults
Has caused a misconception
Of others like ourselves

A join of hand and heart and will
Would put and end to this
The same value placed on others
Like we place upon ourselves
Would end the hate and violence
That’s tearing out our hearts

When this is done
Our world’s complete
The pain and hardship gone
And once again, just like before
Peace will lead us on
--by Andrea Hill
http://www.netpoets.com/poems/society/0191007.htm

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'Until' by Max Merckenschlager
Until the last is fed and clothed and safe in friendly arms,
until the fitful sleeps of fear aren't shattered by alarms,
until inoculation has their killers by the scruff,
until we've met their basic needs, we haven't done enough.

Until the universal laws aren't honoured in the breach,
until religions' followers all practice what they preach,
until we cherish children whether brindle, black or buff,
until we've made them family, we haven't done enough.

Until our leaders demonstrate it's economic sense
to budget aid for others as our paramount defence,
until we view equality as more than words of puff,
until we treat the symptoms too, we haven't done enough.

Until a life of freedom and the tools with which to learn,
are seen as rights of everyone - not privileges to earn,
until we've bled a little and, by choice, we've had it tough,
until we've changed the way it is, we haven't done enough.
--Max Merckenschlager
http://worldpeace.org.au/poems.asp

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Poems by Children on Diversity, Tolerance and World Peace

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Graphic of paperdoll children holding hands. Poems on world peace written by children.

HOW PEACE BEGINS
Peace begins with saying sorry.
Peace begins with not hurting others.
Peace begins with honesty and trust.
Peace begins with showing cooperation and respect.
World Peace Begins With ME!
--Halley Hall

Graphics on "World Peace"

PEACE IS MANY THINGS
Peace is being quiet, caring for friends,
and giving hugs and kisses.
Peace is praying, loving, seeing animals sing,
being patient, sleeping, writing, singing to nature
and watching swans swim.

Peace is giving love to nature, giving joy to people and planting flowers in the Spring.
--Grace Horrocks

A THOUGHT
People that walk the earth have a heart inside,
Put aside differences and join hands,
When prayers and dreams are answered,
Only then will we realize that
World Peace and harmony make us one.
--Brandy Smith

DREAM OF PEACE
Peace takes its flight like an endless ribbon
streaming out towards a
horizon of dreams.

Let dreams transcend into eternal peace,
uniting mankind forever,
one memorable day!
--Zaneb Khalid

PEACE IS...
Peace is a cool breeze and the soft grass
with roses and tulips,
a rainbow above and the sound of the birds,
and the roses blooming and the ocean swaying
and people getting together.
--Lexi Hom

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SINGLE ROSE
A single rose can make a garden;
A man for peace can change the world.
--Jenny Leopold

ROSES FOR PEACE
If roses could make peace, plant a garden wide;
Let its beauty bring peace where soldiers died.
For roses don't fight or point a gun;
If rose could bring harmony,
Plant many and be done.
--Catherine Lee

What is Peace?
Peace is a bird chirping
in the warm Spring sunshine.
A silver fish darting from one clump
of underwater weeds to another, in the cool spring water.
Peace is a butterfly flying in the wind,
against a soft blue sky of summer.
--Mathew Mathis

Peace is like whispers.
Peace is like mountains reaching up in the sky.
Peace is like a river flowing through the land.
Peace is like the stars lighting up the darkness.
--Stella Potts

Plant a seed of peace
Water it with love and happiness
Don't let the evil in the world destroy it.
Keep away trespassers
Scare away birds of prey
Harvest peace
Now a beautiful blue flower of peace, joy, and love blooms
--Sharon Maendel

Peace is very good for you
And for everbody else too.
--Greg Keiderling

Poplars swaying in the cool spring breeze.
Evergreens shifting the snow off their bushy branches.
Aspens tall and straight with gnarled bark and sturdy limbs.
Crabapple trees bearing blossoms and sour fruit.
Elm trees murmuring and whispering. PEACE
--Benjamin Burnett

Peace starts with good deeds
like taking trash and
opening the door for old people.
--Jamien Alexander

Wish of an Iraqi Child
When I look
at the purple-blue sky
at night,
I want to see stars,
not bombers,
circling in the moonlight.

I want to watch shooting stars
or comets
instead of the flare
of the crashing bombs
on the streets
out there.

Stars are the angel-bridges
of comfort - nothing should block
their light.
--Avalyn Mathis

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